Through their clothing, Muslims negotiate concepts and interpretations of Islam and construct their intersectionally interwoven position in the world.

This book investigates ways of dressing, style and fashion as gendered and embodied, but equally as “religionized” phenomena, particularly focusing on one significant world religion: Islam. By refocusing on the body, this volume allows interdisciplinary perspectives to productively cross-fertilize the field of modest dress.”Ĭarla Jones, Department of Anthropology, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA

Second, that this variety still intersects with a fundamental fact: these styles dress and address the body. First, that all forms of dress and the techniques of their use are always formed in dense familial, national, and transnational contexts. In so doing, we are reminded of the centrality of two important facts.

We are introduced to the intimate yet high-stakes decisions ranging from headcover to nail polish, from Mauritania to Turkey to Indonesia. “Like the wide array of practices these essays examine, this book invites readers to consider the diversity of settings and meanings that fall under the broad umbrella of Muslim sartorial style.

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